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No. 259,820. Patnted June 20 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. MOSES COHEN, or HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS.

,FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,820, dated June 20,1882.

Application filed March 28, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MosEs COHEN, of Hallettsville, in the county ofLavaca and State'of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFans; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, andexact description of the same.

This invention relates tothat class of me chanical fans which arespecially adapted for attachment to the ceiling or frame-work for use inconnection with a barbers chair; and it consists mainly, first, in thecombination, with a swinging bar of metal or wood, or both, cartardingits backward movement; and, second,

in the combination, with a shaft and a hinge connection uniting thefan-holder clamp to the shaft, of a removable pin by means of which thefans may becaused to movepositively with the shaft or swingindependently of it, as may be desired.

It further consists in certain details of construction, which, inconnection withthe foregoing features, will be fully describedhereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fan andconnection for operating a single fan. Fig. 2 is a front view of theswinging bar and fan-holder, and Fig. 3 is a plan of connecting severalfans with one main operating-cord.

A representsa frame having a horizontal portion, a, adapted forattachmentin any proper manner to the ceiling or frame-work, and thevertical side pieces, a a, in the ends of which are located properbearin gs for the pivotshaft B, as shown. V

b b represent nuts screwed onto thethreaded ends of the pivot-shafts, asshown.

C represents a metal rod extending through the center of the pivotshai'tB, the upper end of which is threaded to receive the ball or weight 6,as shown. By means of the proper nuts or thumb-screws this ball isadjusted vertically upon the rod for the purpose of increasin g ordccreasingits effects, as may be desired. This rod, it will be observed,is so bent as to form an angle with thebar D, this construction beingemployed for the purpose of retarding the backward movement of the fan,as will be described hereinafter.

0 represents a flattened portion upon the lower end of the rod 0, bywhich construction it is adapted for convenient attachment to the upperend of bar D by proper nuts and bolts, as shown. This bar D, it will beobserved, is made in two parts, a portion of each being cut away at thecenter to form asplice-joint,which is capable, by means of proper nutsand bolts or thumb-screws, of being shortened or lengthened toaccommodate either a high or low ceiling.

' E represents a pivot-bolt located near the lower end of the bar D, andc an arm of the fan-holder clamp, which is held by the pivotbolt in suchmanner as to swing freely thereon when not positively held.

F represents a pin secured to the bar D by a cord or other properfastening device, which is adapted, when in place, to extend throughproper openings in the bar D and arm 0, and lock the arm 0 to the bar D,so that it moves positively with it.

0 represents a plate secured to the arm eat right angles thereto, and ea loose plate attached to the plate 0 by setscrews, which plates form'aclamp for holding two or more palm-leaf fans, as shown.

F represents a stud secured to the ceiling,

andfa bolt held by the stud, which has a pulley,f, as shown. By means ofthe construction described the pulley may be adjusted to suit differentlines of direction. I G also represents a stud secured to the ceiling,which is provided with a pulley, g, as shown..

H represents a cord secured at one end to the bar D at any proper point,which is carried about the pulleys f g, down to a point which isconveniently near the left hand of a person sitting in the barberschair.

The operation is substantially as follows: The fan is attached to theceiling or framework at a point not directly over the chair, but at somedistance forward of the same, as shown. By pulling the cord H the bar D,with its attached fans, will be drawuback rapidly over the chair, and inconsequence of this action a breeze will be blown directly into the faceof the'occupant of the chair. The

cord being relaxed, the return movement occurs, this being less rapidthan the forward movement, because the weight 6 is so located relativelyto the bar D as to resist the backward movement, the weight, in fact,being raised by this movement against the action of gravitation. Bymeans of this weight the rearward movement is so retarded that no injurywill result to the barbers mirror, even if the actuating-cord shouldaccidentally break. By means of this weight, also, a much more uniformmovement results than would otherwise be obtained.

The fans may be caused to swing rigidly with the bar 1) by having thepin Fin its place, or independently of the bar by simply removing thispin.

I have described an arrangement of cord and pulleys which is adapted foruse in connection with a single fan; but, if desired, a number of fansmay be actuated from a common source of power. In such cases a maincord, I, having a weight, 1', at one end, is carried over proper pulleysto a convenient point for the application of the power, and eachindividual fan is connected to the main cord by a branch cord which isgiven the proper direction by an individual pulley, as shown.

In a series of fans the cord H, secured at a proper point to the barD,is continued from the proper point (so called) through one or morering-screws down the bar D to a pin or book in said bar, where it isattached by a loop or otherwise, and is therebyconnected or disconnectedwith the other fans in motion without the necessity of stopping thesame.

The construction described is especially adapted for use in connectionwith a barbers the pivot-bolt and secured to the upper end of thetan-bar at an angle thereto, substantially as described, and for'thepurpose set forth.

2. The combinalion,with the bar D, slotted at its lower end, arm 0,pivoted in said slot by the bolt E, plate 0, secured to said arm, andplate 6, provided with set-screws, ot the removable pin F, adapted to beinserted in holes in the lower end of the fan-bar, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the frame A, provided with the pivot-bolt B,rod 0, provided with the adjustable weight 0, passing through thepivot-bolt and secured to the upper end ot the fan-bar at an anglethereto, adjustable fanbar D, arm a, clamp e c, and cord H,substantially as described.

MOSES COHEN. Witnesses:

E. B. J oHNsoN, D. B. HOWERTON.,

